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Volkswagen says it has fixes for 90% of emissions scandal cars in Europe

Tue, Nov 24, 2015 - 7:02 AM

German auto giant Volkswagen, mired in a massive emissions cheating scandal, said on Monday that it has found technical solutions for more than 90 per cent of the vehicles affected in Europe.

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[BERLIN] German auto giant Volkswagen, mired in a massive emissions cheating scandal, said on Monday that it has found technical solutions for more than 90 per cent of the vehicles affected in Europe.

The recall process is now viable "technically, financially and in terms of manpower. This is good news," chief executive Matthias Mueller said.

"For over 90 per cent of the Europe group's vehicles, solutions are now confirmed," he told around a thousand VW executives at the company's headquarters in Wolfsburg, northern Germany, without giving more detailed figures.

The carmaker has admitted to fitting 11 million diesel engines worldwide with sophisticated software fitted to skew the results of tests for nitrogen oxide emissions.